Volodymyr Zelensky has “thanked” Emmanuel Macron for sending AMX-10 RC light battle tanks to Ukraine. “Thank you my friend! Your leadership brings us closer to victory”, did he write on Twitter. During a telephone conversation on Wednesday January 4, the French president announced to his Ukrainian counterpart that France would deliver to Ukraine “light battle tanks” of French manufacture, according to the Elysée. The number of tanks and delivery times were not specified. Follow our live.
Deliveries of Western tanks, a first. Paris has promised Ukraine to deliver French-made AMX-10 RC light battle tanks to meet kyiv’s pressing needs to confront the Russian army, the French president announced to his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday. “This is the first time that tanks of Western design have been supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces”explained Kyiv.
Strike at Makiivka: “The Ukrainians are defending themselves”, react the United States. There is no “wailing” in Washington after a Ukrainian strike killed 89 Russian troops in eastern Ukraine, a White House spokesman said Wednesday. “It’s the war. [Les Ukrainiens] have been invaded and they are fighting back and defending themselves”said John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council attached to President Joe Biden, during an interview with the press.
Vladimir Putin presides over the departure of a ship equipped with hypersonic missiles. The Russian president attended by videoconference on Wednesday the departure of this ship for a mission in the Atlantic and Indian oceans and in the Mediterranean. “I am sure that such powerful weapons will effectively protect Russia from external threats and help defend the national interests of our country”commented the master of the Kremlin, according to Russian agencies. “The ship’s crew will train in the deployment of hypersonic weapons and long-range cruise missiles”said for his part the Minister of Defense.